Findmyshift Reviews

Pros

Simple to use and cost effective scheduler that can be accessed from any device.

Cons

Can be somewhat time consuming - universal shift updates would be useful.

Pros

Very user friendly, lots of options regarding how to lay out a roster (colours, areas, etc), good notification settings. Options for available shifts and staff ability to enter notes/leave/comments on different days.

Cons

N/A, it is the best rostering system I have used.

Alternatives Considered

Sling

Reasons for Choosing Findmyshift

Viability was not suited for our rostering needs, slow loading times, not user friendly.

Reasons for Switching to Findmyshift

We had previously used FMS so were familiar with the system.

Pros

Not much, the system is almost used for us as

Cons

The system does not suit the busy shift working roster such as ED. There is no visibility of staff numbers, modification of requests is very hard, and generating a roster on this is almost impossible. We just use it as a demo for our roster that is made by Excel.

Pros

The versatility and ease of use is fantastic, for the most part...

Cons

..having said that, there are some things that drive me crazy, because i dont understand them: we almost only use the "facility" view for managing our book. Unfortunately, when we (or anyone) switches over to the "staff view", the book is mostly a complete mess. it must be that different people request different things (they request the "comment" with the location, instead of the shift time), or when we manually input someone, we input their shift as a comment, so it doesnt translate correctly from the VIEW (!) in facility view to what you would expect to show up in the staff view. Therefore, we've given up to use the staff view, and tell our staff to not use it in order to not get confused. I dont know if there's an easy solution to this, so that we could use both again, but we clearly havent found it.

Alternatives Considered

Workday HCM

Reasons for Switching to Findmyshift

Lucky punch, I honestly don't really remember. I sometimes wonder if other softwares were integrating other aspects more (e.g. vault for keeping employee documents, digital work contracts etc.) - but not sure we actually need this. You don't really know what you need until you find something that makes life so much easier, I guess....

Pros

Easy to use and navigate. Geo tagging is great as proof of attendance to clients

Cons

staff are able to deactivate the clock in/out photo feature

Alternatives Considered

Guardhouse

Reasons for Switching to Findmyshift

costings were much lower and had all the features required

Pros

Easy to use, intuitive, good price very customizable.

Cons

If I have to nitpick on something, I guess it is that the mobile interface isn't so easy to use when making a schedule but it does work.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Excel

Reasons for Switching to Findmyshift

It's like excel but super intuitive and minimal.

Pros

It's really simple and easy to use, and easy to navigate and good to be able to colour code

Cons

Nothing really, it is a user friendly rostering software system

Alternatives Considered

Humanity

Reasons for Switching to Findmyshift

This was easier to manage and could add more details into rosters

Pros

Its easy to use for both staff and management

Cons

When you are manually adding hours/ breaks to the timesheets it doesnt calculate them properly if you dont put the breaks underneath the worked hours

Pros

i like that I can use one program for rostering and costings. The staff love how interactive it is

Cons

That I can't change the side bar back to the top

Pros

we found it very easy to use and works very well for us as a business. It helps us track holiday and who is in very well.

Cons

The only issue is you cannot do partial sick days ie if someone comes in and leaves halfway through the day.

Pros

Has completely simplified our employee time keeping and makes doing payroll at the end of the month incredibly simple

Cons

It is slightly on the pricey side for small business of around 6 -10 employees. We dont need the scheduling and a lot of the other features but we do need the ability to track clocking in and out of 6/7 employees

Alternatives Considered

Time Tracker, TimeKeeper and ADP Workforce Now

Reasons for Switching to Findmyshift

Had a slightly cheaper option for small businesses with minimal staff and the app was good

Pros

Simple & Clear Visuals, simple functionality

Cons

N/A - Nothing negative to say, other than in our case specifically perhaps, ease & depth of integration with Xero, there are other packages perhaps further developed in that regard.

Alternatives Considered

Planday

Reasons for Switching to Findmyshift

Familiarity with it from past experience, familiarity

Pros

I like the interface, it's ideal for what we need.

Cons

We would like activity logs and to be able to schedule further into the future, but it's very expensive for a small team.

Alternatives Considered

TimeKeeper

Reasons for Switching to Findmyshift

We use both, but the Findmyshift is much better for the schedule side of things, TimeKeeper is much better for clocking in and out as it allows us to have a tablet on the wall as a Kiosk to save people from using the app and it also means they have to be on site to clock in or out.

Pros

Roster and Timesheets are very easy to use.

Cons

I think the mobile app could be sleeker.

Alternatives Considered

Deputy

Reasons for Switching to Findmyshift

Better value for money and the features were more suited to what we needed.

Pros

How easy it is to use and that I can easily downgrade to the basic package when I need to.

Cons

I don't have any dislikes so cant fill this out. I guess I don't use the timetable

Alternatives Considered

DontGo

Reasons for Switching to Findmyshift

It was easy to use the freeware to learn to use the program

Pros

Simplicity of the system and quick to create weekly rota's

Cons

Limitations compared to previous software used

Pros

Find My Shift is a great rostering software. The app works well, and the website is user-friendly. We use it to manage our company’s staff roster, and it’s been very efficient and easy to use.

Cons

One feature that would be really helpful is a version history for every roster, showing who edited it and how many times it’s been updated. Other than that, everything is already in place and working smoothly.

Pros

Being able to import data such as staff details. Customisation of staff fields. Flexible and customisable security options.

Cons

Holiday hours not included in weekly/daily totals. Overlap of time off with shifts can cause problems. Needs a custom rate for Holiday hours rather than picking up the rate from the Rate Exceptions list.

Pros

Such a great application for managing your staff, very easy to use, a great asset to our business and our day to day running of our operation.

Cons

Pity you cannot edit rotas from your phone in the app if you are an administrator.

Pros

It's easy to use, and always works fine!

Cons

It's not intuitive as it seems when it comes to the facilities feature. But apart from that is good!

Pros

Everyone can access his or her rosters in real time. Ability to request changes and apply leaves as well as supervisors to plan staff scheduling.

Cons

The initial setup is a bit confusing when understanding of the rota and timesheets. Work efficiency will be increased once get familiar with the UI and logic.

Pros

Rota scheduling & timesheeting is essential to our business the tool is generally easy to use, but has some odd functionality issues that could be improved.

Cons

there is no integration technically to, for example, our payroll. this is therefore a manually intensive process - better calculations for holiday and sick pay rates would be a godsend for the hospitality industry who pay hourly rates and therefore holiday and sick pay has to be manually calculated every month - tedious

Pros

It is user friendly. We are using it since last two years.

Cons

Communication with software provider is not convenient.

Pros

Very Easy to use, copy and paste shift easily, staff love the app, which they find easy to put holiday request in

Cons

Been using this site for over 5 years on/ off now, not come across any problems

Pros

I really like the app. It's simple and provides everything I need to keep the team updated and on schedule for client billing and payments to our associates and service providers. It optimizes the time we have and makes internal communication and control much easier. The only improvement I would suggest is offering more options regarding pricing.

Lucas Triay
Director, Haus of Staff Ltd

Cons

The app is a bit difficult for the first time using and the guide is to long.